Virginia Nyambura prize money
Virginia Nyambura has been paid $48,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 646th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from nine paid finishes in the women's 3000 m steeplechase, three of them wins.
The Diamond League pays by finishing place and nothing else. A published card sets what first through eighth is worth, the same figure in every discipline at that meeting, and ninth pays nothing.
Every payment
Where she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2016 | 3000 m steeplechase | 4th | $3,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2016 | 3000 m steeplechase | 7th | $1,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2016 | 3000 m steeplechase | 7th | $1,500 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2015 | 3000 m steeplechase | 1st | $10,000 |
| British Athletics Grand Prix 2015 | 3000 m steeplechase | 1st | $10,000 |
| Athletissima 2015 | 3000 m steeplechase | 1st | $10,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2015 | 3000 m steeplechase | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Herculis 2015 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2015 | 3000 m steeplechase | 6th | $2,000 |
| All nine | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $48,000 |
The nine paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $48,000 is nine separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Cross Country Championships
What Virginia Nyambura ran on the grass
| RACE | PLACE | MARK | EARNED | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed relay | - | 22:15 | - | $12,000 |
Virginia Nyambura has run one race here and was paid nothing in her own name. Only the first six across the line are, $30,000 for the win down to $3,000 for 6th, and there is no appearance money underneath it. The team she ran on earned Kenya $12,000, all of it from the mixed relay, which is timed rather than scored and pays a country rather than the four who ran it. It is the federation's money rather than hers, and it is not added to the $48,000 at the top of this page. Sheran alongside Reynold Cheruiyot, and the Diamond League has paid them too. The cross country page holds all 10 races across two championships and the $620,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2015 to 2016, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | 3 | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $42,000 |
| 2016 | 3 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $6,000 |
season running total
2015 is the biggest of them, $42,000 from six starts. Every season from 2015 to 2016 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $48,000.
Around Virginia Nyambura on the money list
Ranks 626 to 666
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 626 | Rachid Muratake | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $49,750 |
| 627 | Debbie Dunn | Women's 400 m | - | $49,500 |
| 628 | Denisa Rosolová | two disciplines | - | $49,500 |
| 629 | Sarah Healy | four disciplines | 1 | $49,500 |
| 630 | Celliphine Chespol | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $49,250 |
| 631 | Sasha Zhoya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $49,250 |
| 632 | Antti Ruuskanen | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $49,000 |
| 633 | Baboloki Thebe | Men's 400 m | 1 | $49,000 |
| 634 | Kemi Adekoya | two disciplines | 1 | $49,000 |
| 635 | Sara Petersen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,750 |
| 636 | Max Heß | Men's triple jump | - | $48,500 |
| 637 | Pavel Maslák | Men's 400 m | - | $48,500 |
| 638 | Wenda Nel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,500 |
| 639 | Tia Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $48,250 |
| 640 | Ari Mannio | Men's javelin throw | - | $48,000 |
| 641 | Courtney Okolo | Women's 400 m | - | $48,000 |
| 642 | Khallifah Rosser | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $48,000 |
| 643 | Leevan Sands | Men's triple jump | 1 | $48,000 |
| 644 | Lydia Chebet Rotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $48,000 |
| 645 | Vikas Gowda | Men's discus throw | - | $48,000 |
| 646 | Virginia Nyambura | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $48,000 |
| 647 | Wilfried Happio | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,000 |
| 648 | Aleia Hobbs | Women's 100 m | 2 | $47,750 |
| 649 | Amel Tuka | Men's 800 m | 1 | $47,750 |
| 650 | Līna Mūze | Women's javelin throw | - | $47,250 |
| 651 | Matteo Sioli | Men's high jump | 2 | $47,250 |
| 652 | Werkuha Getachew | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $47,250 |
| 653 | Davisleydi Velazco | Women's triple jump | 2 | $47,000 |
| 654 | Laulauga Tausaga | Women's discus throw | - | $47,000 |
| 655 | Laura Weightman | four disciplines | - | $47,000 |
| 656 | Xie Wenjun | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $47,000 |
| 657 | Agnes Jebet Ngetich | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 658 | Nikki Hiltz | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 659 | Winnie Nanyondo | four disciplines | - | $46,750 |
| 660 | Menno Vloon | Men's pole vault | - | $46,667 |
| 661 | Elizabeth Gleadle | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $46,500 |
| 662 | Kristi Castlin | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $46,500 |
| 663 | Shelby Houlihan | four disciplines | 2 | $46,500 |
| 664 | Michael Mason | Men's high jump | 1 | $46,375 |
| 665 | Derek Drouin | Men's high jump | - | $46,333 |
| 666 | Axumawit Embaye | four disciplines | - | $46,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Virginia Nyambura is 646th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $48,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Virginia Nyambura most
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hiwot Ayalew, Hyvin Jepkemoi, Tigest Getent, Lidya Chepkurui, Madeline Heiner and Sofia Assefa.
British Athletics Grand Prix 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hyvin Jepkemoi, Lidya Chepkurui, Stephanie Garcia, Magdalyne Masai, Sofia Assefa and Birtukan Fente Alemu.
Athletissima 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hiwot Ayalew, Emma Coburn, Ruth Jebet, Tigest Getent, Lidya Chepkurui and Caroline Tuigong.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Virginia Nyambura won?
$48,000, which ranks 646th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from nine paid finishes between 2015 and 2016.
What is Virginia Nyambura's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2015 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Virginia Nyambura gets paid?
Entirely by where she finishes. The series publishes one rate card a season and applies it to every discipline at every meeting, so a win is worth the same in the women's 3000 m steeplechase as it is in the shot put on the same afternoon. Eight places are paid and ninth pays nothing. There is no bonus for a record and no share of a gate.
How many Diamond League meetings has Virginia Nyambura won?
Three of nine, worth $30,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Virginia Nyambura earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Cross Country Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds no national federation payment, no appearance fee and no sponsorship. What it does hold is every dollar the series itself paid her, priced off the card it published.
Where to next
The rest of the Diamond League money
Diamond League prize money ranks all 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Virginia Nyambura is Vikas Gowda on $48,000, and one below Wilfried Happio on $48,000. Virginia Nyambura is one of 221 Kenya athletes athletics has paid, and Kenya athletics prize money adds them up to $10,867,417 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 3000 m steeplechase prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Virginia Nyambura has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Shanghai Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it. Cross country prize money is the Belgrade 2024 and Tallahassee 2026 championships, $620,000 put up across 10 races, half of it a runner's and half of it a federation's, and the race is on the mixed relay page.